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Re: Internet Service Provider

Subject: Re: Internet Service Provider
From: Chris L Peterson
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 03:10:14 GMT
Newsgroups: sci.astro.amateur
On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 21:01:17 -0400, "Dennis Allen"
<dennis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>I had my dialup isp on the club computer for years.  Last fall, however, 
>my isp implemented a new security feature.  When someone dials from one 
>telephone, all other phones are locked out for eight hours.
>
>Our dues barely cover expenses, so a new $100/year bill for a dialup 
>connection is unlikely.  Not for what little we would use it.  I was 
>hoping someone else in the club could loan a dialup connection, but I 
>know only one club member who even has dialup.

If your ISP won't reverse this policy in your case, it is worthless. Why
not just cancel your account, move to a better provider, and continue to
share your access with the club? And if a better ISP costs you $20 or
$30 a year more, maybe the club can subsidize just that amount.

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
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